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14 I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint.
My heart is like wax;
it is melted within me.[a]
15 My strength is dry like a potsherd,
and my tongue is sticking to my jaws;
and you have placed me in the dust of death.
16 Because dogs have surrounded me;
a gang of evildoers has encircled me.
Like the lion[b] they are at my hands and my feet.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22:14 Literally “in the midst of my intestines”
  2. Psalm 22:16 Or “they gouge out” or “they bind.” Not the same word for “lion” found in vv. 14(13), 22(21). The Hebrew text presents such problems that any interpretation must be lightly held.